Beth Juhl and Deborah Kulczak University of Arkansas Libraries Arkansas IUG June 18, 2010.

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Beth Juhl and Deborah KulczakUniversity of Arkansas Libraries

Arkansas IUGJune 18, 2010

Simple External Search Formson library web siteas widgetson other library sites

Code examples will be on

ArkIUG web site soon!

Sort Codes: D = default sort for that indexDX = DateAX = title

<input type="radio" value="X" name="searchtype" checked="checked“ />Keyword<input type="radio" value="a" name="searchtype" />Author <input type="radio" value="t" name="searchtype" /> Title <input type="radio" value="d" name="searchtype" /> Subject

</form>

Fancier Implementations Require Javascriptopen search in new window / tabscontrol the size / behavior of new windows

add together search terms

Parse that Search URL!http://library.uark.edu/search/X?SEARCH=

%28arkansas%29%20and%20%28higher%20education%29&Da=1990&Db=2010&SORT=D&l=eng&m=a&s=m&b=main

http://library.uark.edu/search/ = search your III server

X? = it’s a keyword searchSEARCH= here comes the search%28 = ( %29 = ) %20 = [space]

(arkansas) and (higher education)

Parse that Search URL!http://library.uark.edu/search/X?SEARCH=

%28arkansas%29%20and%20%28higher%20education%29&Da=1990&Db=2010&SORT=D&l=eng&m=a&s=m&b=main

&Da=1990 date after 1990&Db=2010 date before 2010&SORT=D default sort &l=eng language is English&m=a material type is text&s=m monographs , not serials&b=main location is MAIN

Pseudo-ScopingUse Location Codes to Pre-limit Keyword

Searches

<p>Location: <select name="b" id="b"> <option value="law" selected="selected">Law Library Only</option> <option value="">All Libraries</option></select>

Part 1: The Search Form

// Search InfoLinks and Limit to Locations//<!--

function searchinfolinks() {var searchtext = document.getElementById('searcharg').value;var searchsort = document.getElementById('sort').value;var searchloc = document.getElementById('b').value;

var searchurl = "http://library.uark.edu/search/X?SEARCH=%28" + searchtext + "%29&SORT=" + searchsort + "&b=" + searchloc;

window.location.href = searchurl;}// -->

Part 2: The Javascript

Formats / Material Types

Adding Terms Behind the Sceneslocal subject terms (“faculty author”)format and location (“atlas and reference”)types of material (“feature film” or “dvd”)

“DVD” in 538 field

Film “genres” from the 650 field

Part 1: The form

// Search InfoLinks for videos//<!--

function videosearch() {var searchKeywords = document.getElementById('Keywords').value;var searchGenre = document.getElementById('Genre').value;var searchFormat = document.getElementById('Format').value;var searchMatType = document.getElementById('MatType').value;var searchSort = document.getElementById('Sort').value;

var searchurl = "http://library.uark.edu/search/X?SEARCH=%28" + searchKeywords + " " + searchGenre + " " + searchFormat + " " + "%29&SORT=" + searchSort + "&m=" + searchMatType;

window.location.href = searchurl;}// -->

Part 2: The script

Adding Record Elements to Enhance RetrievalArkansas Newspaper Project

Do you have any newspapers published in _______ from the years _________?

Arkansas Newspaper Project Part of the United States Newspaper

Program, funded by NEHBased at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville,

1988-1994Mission to catalog and microfilm newspapers

found throughout the state

Arkansas Newspaper Project Another component was OCLC Union ListingLDR (now LHR) created for each participant

for each holdings formatIssue-specific notationUSNP format <yyyy:mm:dd>

A “SULOP” tape load generated “Library Has” notes in our catalog

OCLC Union List Record

Newspaper Record in Our Catalog

“Lib Has”

MARC 752

752 FieldDefined as “Added Entry-Hierarchical Place

Name”Required in USNP records for

Place of publicationArea of coverage

Multiple 752s when place of publication changes or when several counties or towns included in coverage

We indexed in subjects and keywords

“Lib Has”

MARC fields 860 and 866Not indexedCould be used for data entry

We Needed a New Field!Local subject field 690

Already used for local collection names, local series, virtual bookplates, etc.

Indexed in subjects and keywordsFormat selected was 690 |y 1930

Didn’t want to confuse with LCSH-type chronological subdivisions (|y 1931-1940)

Easier for data entry (meaning fewer errors)

The Question—One or Multiple 690s?

New, Improved Record

Public DisplayMultiple 690s take up valuable “real estate” in

WebOPAC, and they might be confusing to users

The beauty of |y is that it’s not used in any other 690 fields

We decided to suppress decades by inserting a line in the webpub.def file

The ProjectUsed “Create Lists” to gather all the Arkansas

newspapers (about 1,050) into a review fileA library technician completed data entry of

690 fields in a 2-month period (November-December 2009)

We excludedNewspaper records in aggregator databasesLimited retention holdings

Proofreading and building the search form took a couple more months

http://libinfo.uark.edu/periodicals/arkansasnewspapersearch.asp

Actual search terms: su:newspapers su:"United States Arkansas Washington" 1880

Maintenance

Must remember to add decades whenNew titles are catalogedA new decade begins

Procedures in place for this!

Future Plans

Beth Juhl and Deborah KulczakUniversity of Arkansas Libraries

Arkansas IUGJune 18, 2010

Beth Juhl and Deborah Kulczak University of Arkansas Libraries Arkansas IUG June 18, 2010.

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